Meal Pick-Up Initiative
The King Center, in Collaboration with The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park and Ebenezer Baptist Church, Announces Meal Pick-Up Initiative for Essential Home Health Care Professionals During Covid-19 […]
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The King Center Acts to Preserve 220 Sunset Avenue
ATLANTA- The King Center recently sold the building at 220 Sunset Avenue to Westside Future Fund (WFF) to ensure the property is preserved and to provide an affordable housing option in […]
Statement from Dr. Bernice A. King
April 4, 2020 (Atlanta, GA) – Today, it is more apparent than ever before that, as my father stated, “We are tied in a single garment of destiny, caught in an […]
Sustaining the Legacy of Dr. King’s Homes
The descendants of Revered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have held down the homestead where he was born for generations. Now, they are entrusting the birthplace of the civil rights […]
Dr. Bernice A. King’s Plea to Congress to Pass the First Step Act
Dr. Bernice A. King CEO, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change In 1963, while incarcerated in Birmingham, my father, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., challenged the […]
Comcast is trying to “dismantle” Civil Rights Act of 1866, MLK’s daughter says
As a case involving Comcast and an African American-owned TV network operator heads to the US Supreme Court, a daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. has accused Comcast of trying […]
Community Birthday Bash Celebration
ATLANTA – The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change will celebrate 50 years since its founding on Tuesday, June 26. On June 26th from 4pm-9pm, The King Center will host […]
Dr. Bernice A. King meets with His Holiness Pope Francis
March 12th, 2018 represented a monumental moment in history for the King Family and The King Center. Following in the footsteps of both my mother and father, I had the […]
King Family Lay a Wreath in Remembrance
ATLANTA– Bells will toll 39 times around the world on April 4, 2018 at 6:01 p.m. CT in remembrance of the life taken 50 years earlier by a gun shot […]
50th Anniversary Commemoration & Celebration
ATLANTA– On February 22, 2018, Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center), announced plans that The Center will […]